From Mike’s Keneallist missive:
“Also I’ll be helping Taylor unveil a new instrument onstage, each morning of NAMM at 10:30. On Saturday night I’ll be jamming at the Guitar Player Magazine party in one of the hotels, don’t know which one (I’m guessing either the Marriot or the Hilton) but you can find out at their booth or via the white hot buzz of partymonger word of mouth. “

September 16 2005 – The Movie Experience 10, Temecula CA
personnel: MK
setlist:
note: MK performed at the live broadcast of Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw on 101 KGB FM from the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival.
Live broadcast: 6:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Screening of The J-K Conspiracy: 11:00 a.m., featuring soundtrack music by Mike Keneally

December 30 2005 – The Baked Potato, North Hollywood CA
personnel: MK, BB, RM, Chad Wackerman
setlist:
Fanfare from A Love Supreme (John Coltrane), Mammy Anthem (Frank Zappa), We’ll Be Right Back (MK), Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk), Black Page #1 (Frank Zappa), Contusion (Stevie Wonder), Balancing Acts (Chad Wackerman), There There (Radiohead), Spoon Guy (MK), Cheddar (MK), Inca Roads (Frank Zappa)
Hello (MK), Nefertiti (Miles Davis — this is the song written by Wayne Shorter), Sedan Delivery (Neil Young), Unconditional (Rick Musallam), Black Page #2 (Frank Zappa), Tell Me (Chad Wackerman), Supermarket People (Bryan Beller), Natty Trousers (MK), Diamond Dust (Jeff Beck), Top Of Stove Melting (MK), Crescent (John Coltrane), Chimes Of Freedom (Bob Dylan), Kedgeree (MK) [info by Bryan Beller, Jakob Sandøy, Ron Moses]
tape: video exists
notes:
Bryan Beller says: “In case you missed it, there was a Baked Potato gig on December 30, 2005, where Mike Keneally played with Chad Wackerman for the first time since the ill-fated 1988 Frank Zappa tour. I had the privilege of playing bass, and the pleasure of having Rick Musallam on second guitar. For his part, Keneally took the special occasion as an opportinuty to write one of the strangest set lists we’ve ever done.It required two eight-hour rehearsals. I found myself learning things about Zappa material that I hadn’t encountered before, and being challenged by Chad’s unique and hyper-musical approach to drumming, which was unlike anything I’d ever experienced. The result was a slightly more subdued Keneally musical product, and yet somehow more intense at the same time.GUILTY PLEASURES: For my part, I experienced three very guilty WackerPleasures: 1) hearing his interpretation of my own tune “Supermarket People”; 2) getting off on the very idea of Chad playing a Radiohead song; 3) playing certain rhythmic patterns that triggered drumfills I’ve heard on countless 1988 Zappa band recordings. I also found myself playing real honest-to-goodness jazz, walking bass lines and everything. And not that there was any pressure, but Steve Vai showed up and watched the whole concert. It was all a fitting way to end one of the wildest years I can remember. And yes, there were plenty of tapers in the audience.”